World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

100 Migrants in Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre on Hunger Strike

Press Release on updated situation in Colnbrook. Includes the text written and signed by 97 hunger-strikers.

Banking on Our Ignorance: A holocaust denier is taken on by his cousin

10-04-2006 21:47 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

The more ignorant or unfamiliar you are with and about statecraft, the easier people who want to perpetuate war can manipulate you. So committments to war or peace or radical sanity take form, and an intensifying radical's radical dialogue
"becomes" between two persons who like each other at face value (and some years of background history). This communication may be instructive for those who want to better understand aggression and its rationalizations in order to ju-jitsu the worst of what happens when beliefs are allowed to bear the ugly fruits of perpetual war.

April 8 anti-deportation demo - detainee via mobile phone speech

A detainee talks of conditions in detention.

COLNBROOK HUNGERSTRIKE - SOLIDARITY NEEDED

Report of the Harmondsworth and Colnbrook demonstrations, an update about the urgent situation in Colnbrook & info about visiting and future meetings

Rossport Solidarity Camp June Bank Holiday Gathering

09-04-2006 22:00 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Rossport Solidarity Camp host a June bank holiday weekend gathering to celebrate our first year of resistance to Shell, Statoil, Marathon and the Irish state

No Borders Radio Reports 8th April

On Saturday 8th April 2006, rampART radio broadcast five hours of live coverage of the No Borders Day Of Action consisting of the demonstration at Harmondworth detention centre near Heathrow airport and the solidarity demo organised by UNITY in Glasgow...

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large police presence. Someone has locked themselves to the fence and they trying to release him or her. The cops have imposed restrictions on the deme, not allowing us to leave as a group and move to the field, where inmates can see us.

pic from no borders demo

crowd gathering outside detention centre

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detainees talking to us thru mobile and megaphone

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the crowd still listening to talks of former detainees and calls from inside detention.

Blair's inner circle and its ferocious grab for power

07-04-2006 14:34 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

From forcing through ID cards to the erosion of parliamentary scrutiny, a determined clique is hijacking our democracy...

Critical resistance Survey for people in prison, and

CR hopes that this survey reaches as many people most impacted by these issues as possible. We would like you to share this survey with your families, communities, faith communities, and any other people or places where those of us who have been impacted by this crisis are

Palestine RESISTS! (by Latuff)

06-04-2006 16:56 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. funded Israeli occupation.

Viva Zapatero! media wars tonight!

In just a few more days Italy will have what some people are describing as the most important election in the history of the country. For five years the country has suffered plundering intimidation and sadness. Berlusconi, a multi billionaire media tycoon is turning the full force of his media empire to the efforts of winning a second term. Opposing him is the majority of the population and a growing alternative media movement from Indymedia, pirate TV, social centres and bloggers.

Spodden Valley - green gateway opens for walkers, wheelchair users and cyclists

06-04-2006 08:02 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

Glorious spring weather greeted dozens of well wishers to the official opening of the lower Spodden pathway improvements and community artwork at Spotland Bridge.

Cross-party support for IDAHO before launch, 7th April

Statements of support from UK Political parties have provided a major boost to campaigners for an International Day Against Homophobia, in time for the big launch of IDAHO-UK on April 7th.

Coca-Cola- Sucking communties dry

Coca-Cola is one of the most recognizable brands in the world. The company claims to adhere to the “highest ethical standards” and to be “an outstanding corporate citizen in every community we serve”. Yet Coca-Cola’s activities around the world tell a different story. Coca-Cola has been accused of dehydrating communities in its pursuit of water resources to feed its own plants, drying up farmers’ wells and destroying local agriculture. The company has also violated workers’ rights in countries such as Colombia, Turkey, Guatemala and Russia. Only through its multi-million dollar marketing campaigns can Coca-Cola sustain the clean image it craves.

Water as a Commodity

03-04-2006 22:09 | Social Struggles | World

The rage of the residents of Soweto is directed at the installed meters.. The first mammoth prepaid water project started in 1992 under Margaret Thatcher in British Birmingham.. The water suppliers cynically described this as "self-disconnect."

ACTIVISTS BLOCKADE BAA IN RUNWAY PROTEST

03-04-2006 11:07 | Ecology | Social Struggles | London | World

Protestors from direct action group, Plane Stupid, this morning blockaded BAA HQ on Heathrow's 60th Birthday. 6 arrests were made. BAA now in "premier league of climate change criminals."

Sheila McKechnie Foundation backs ‘Save Spodden Valley’

31-03-2006 11:53 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

Asbestos concerns and the Save Spodden Valley campaign were recognised this week by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown at a national campaign award ceremony.

Save Spodden Valley campaign co-ordinator Jason Addy and web designer Alice Smith were invited to London by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation. The community campaign from Rochdale was nominated for the Consumer Action award sponsored by Which?